Chamberfest Dublin 2021
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ChamberFest DUBLIN 19 April - 2 May 2021 WELCOME Collaboration is one of ‘Visions and Dreams’ features a group of the most important “dream songs” chosen by the musicians, aspects of a musician’s and movements from Messiaen’s powerful life. Our chamber Visions de l’Amen performed by Rachel music partners offer us O’Hara and Laoise McMullin under the different perspectives guidance of their coach, Thérèse Fahy, who that challenge us, gave the Irish premiere of the work in 1990. feed our creativity and inspire us to form The rise of recorded performance has been united visions. In this past year of global of incredible value to the arts, yet there pandemic, in-person musical interaction is no substitute for the experience and has been one of the biggest losses to our excitement of performing live. 12 of the 15 musical lives. With the immense energy, concerts will be livestreamed, interspersed adaptability and commitment of our with backstage mini-interviews to allow students and chamber music coaches, audiences to feel closer to the performers, chamber music activity at RIAM has while also serving a practical function of continued. allowing cleaning and ventilation between performances. ChamberFest Dublin 2021 features almost 40 chamber music groups in 15 concerts ChamberFest Dublin could not take place streamed from the Royal Irish Academy of without an enormous amount of work Music, National Gallery of Ireland, Museum that goes on behind the scenes. Our of Literature Ireland and St Stephen’s fantastic team at RIAM has worked tirelessly Church “The Pepper Canister”. Highlights with a problem-solving determination include works by 6 female composers, a to allow music making and chamber historical performance research event and music performance at RIAM to continue. a chamber music masterclass with RIAM In addition, we are hugely grateful to faculty Christopher Marwood from the an anonymous donor for supporting Vanbrugh Quartet. The festival culminates ChamberFest Dublin 2021, and to The John in a performance by RIAM’s exploratory Pollard Foundation and the National Gallery group, Ensemble Interforma. of Ireland for supporting the performance by Ensemble Interforma. It is with huge The programming of ChamberFest Dublin pleasure that we present such an exciting, is a collaborative process, with students collaboratively produced two-week forming their own chamber music groups, chamber music festival to audiences joining researching and choosing repertoire us from their homes. under the mentorship of their coaches. ‘Impressions from Bohemia’ presents works Prof. Sarah Sew by Dvořák and Smetana, including a version Head of Strings and of Smetana's Piano Trio with double bass replacing the cello, arranged by final year Chamber Music bachelor’s bassist, Alex Felle. Royal Irish Academy of Music AT A GLANCE MON 19 APR THURS 22 APR MON 26 APR FRI 30 APR Opening Concert: Lunchtime Event Historical Lunchtime Concert: Evening Concert Organ Room, RIAM, 7.30pm Performance Presentations: Board Room, RIAM, 1pm Pepper Canister Church, 7.30pm Bacewicz / Ewald / Beethoven Organ Room, RIAM, 1pm Mozart / Mendelssohn / Dvořák / Rossini Rheinberger / Villa Lobos / Ingoldsby / Scordatura and “Cross-Tunings” in Folk Rouse / Cage / Skidmore TUE 20 APR and Classical Traditions TUE 27 APR Biber / Tartini / “Three Forks of Cheat” SUN 2 MAY Lunchtime Concert: Discovering Early Italian Violin Sonatas Lunchtime Concert: Organ Room, RIAM, 1pm Cima / Castello / Fontana Board Room, RIAM, 1pm Closing Concert ‘Re: Form’: National Borodin / Krommer / Gershwin Simplifying Bass lines in Baroque Schumann / Reger / Beethoven Gallery of Ireland, 7.30pm Music Evening Concert: ‘Impressions from Handel WED 28 APR Ensemble Interforma Bohemia’: Organ Room, RIAM, 7.30pm Evening Concert: Organ Room, RIAM, Lunchtime Concert: J Strauss II arr. Brett Dean / Walshe / Smetana / Dvořák 7.30pm Board Room, RIAM, 1pm Stravinsky / Clyne Rota / Keal / Piazzolla Poulenc / Beethoven / N Boulanger / WED 21 APR Debussy FRI 23 APR Lunchtime Concert: Evening Concert: Organ Room, RIAM, 1pm Chamber Music Masterclass with Pepper Canister Church, 7.30pm Jolivet / Poulenc / Piazzolla Christopher Marwood: Board Room, Loeillet / Telemann / Beethoven / Purcell RIAM, 11am Early Evening Concert: THURS 29 APR MoLI, 5pm Lunchtime Concert: Organ Room, Schubert / Bruch / Gál RIAM, 1pm Evening Concert ‘Visions and Poulenc / Saint-Saëns / Labor Dreams’: Organ Room, RIAM, 7.30pm Early Evening Concert: Schubert / Grieg / Gounod / Fauré / MoLI, 5.00pm Roger Quilter / Messiaen Debussy / Shostakovich / Brahms / Mendelssohn / Ravel / Chausson / Purcell Monday 19 April Opening Concert 7.30 pm Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Bacewicz: String Quartet No 1 New Wave Quartet Erin Hennessey, violin Abigail Prián Gallardo, viola Inana Garis, violin Albert Espina, cello Ewald: Brass Quintet No 1 Op 5 Irish Chamber Brass Glen Carr, trumpet Kieran Sharkey, trombone Nathan McDonnell, trumpet Adam Buttimer, tuba Niamh Huethorst, horn Beethoven: Adagio - Allegro con brio from Septet in E-flat Major Op 20 Jisun Min, violin Jarlath Mulholland, clarinet; Arianna Ciommiento, viola Eunsuh Park, bassoon Alice Romano, cello Niamh Huethorst, horn Carlos Eduardo Gomes, double bass Tuesday 20 April Lunchtime Concert Evening Concert ‘Impressions from Bohemia’ 1.00 pm Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music 7.30 pm Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Borodin: Allegro moderato and Notturno: Andante from String Quartet No 2 in D Major Smetana: Moderato assai and Allegro, ma non agitato Tatyana Wearen, violin Lucy Varney, viola from Piano Trio in G minor, Op 15 Kevin Meehan, violin Peadar Ó Loinsigh, cello Ella Nagy, piano Inana Garis, violin Krommer: Allegro Moderato, Romanza and Rondo Alex Felle, double bass from Oboe Trio in F Major Gershwin arr Matthew Manning: “I Got Rhythm” Smetana: Allegro vivo - Appassionato and Allegro moderato a la Holly Chilton, oboe; polka from String Quartet No 1 in E Minor “From my life” Maria Jose Rojas Cruz, oboe Quartet Agharta Ben Gannon, oboe Jisun Min, violin Abigail Prian Gallardo, viola Klaudija Antonia Đikić, violin Peadar Ó Loinsigh, cello Dvořák: Finale: Vivace ma non troppo from String Quartet in F Major Op 96 “American” Iveagh Quartet Claire O’Connor, violin Charlotte von Kietzell, viola Chloe O’Connor, violin Elena O’Connor, cello Dvořák: Allegro ma non tanto from Piano Quintet in A major Op 81 Kah Mun Ong, piano Arianna Ciommiento, viola Jisun Min, violin Alice Romano, cello Erin Hennessey, violin Wednesday 21 April Lunchtime Concert Early Evening Concert 1.00 pm 5.00pm Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) Jolivet: Sonatine for Flute and Clarinet Schubert: Allegro and Andante con moto Meadhbh O’Rourke, flute from String Quartet No 14 in D Minor D810 Patrick Burke, clarinet “Death and the Maiden” The Nova Quartet Poulenc: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano FP 43 Inana Garis, violin Arianna Ciommiento, viola Ben Gannon, oboe Tatyana Wearen, violin Alice Romano, cello Eunsuh Park, bassoon Chuhan Jin, piano Bruch: Andante, Allegro con moto and Andante con moto Piazzolla: Cinco Piezas for Violin and Double Bass from 8 Pieces Op 83 Jisun Min, violin Holly Chilton, oboe Carlos Eduardo Gomes, double bass Albert Espina Carpi, cello Chuyun Hu, piano Gál: Trio for Oboe, Violin and Viola Op 94 Trio Zoticus Maria Jose Rojas Cruz, oboe Klaudija Antonia Đikić, violin Abigail Prian Gallardo, viola Thursday 22 April Lunchtime Event Evening Concert 1.00 pm 7.30pm Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Historical Performance Presentations Rota: Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano Aleyna Tunca, violin Scordatura and “Cross-Tunings” in Folk and Baroque Traditions Daniel Boon, piano Erin Hennessey, baroque violin Kim O’Brien, flute Matthew Breen, harpsichord Biber: Rosary Sonata No 2 in A Major, “The Visitation” (completed c. 1676, Keal: Ballade published 1905) Abigail Prian Gallardo, viola Tartini: Pastorale in A Major, B A16, Grave and Allegro (c.1731) Chuhan Jin, piano “Three Forks of Cheat” from the playing of the Hammons Family, West Virginia, recorded in 1947 Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango Jack Kennedy, guitar Discovering Early Italian Violin Sonatas Jisun Min, violin Jenna Raggett, baroque violin Matthew Breen, harpsichord Cima: Sonata Prima for Violin and Violine from the collection of Concerti Ecceliasticci (Milano 1610) Castello: Sonata Prima, Sonate Concertante in stil Moderno, Libro secondo (Venice, 1629) Fontana: Sonata Seconda (Venice 1641) Simplifying Bass lines in Baroque Music Alex Felle, double bass Erin Hennessey, baroque violin Jenna Raggett, baroque violin Matthew Breen, harpsichord Peadar O Loinsigh, baroque cello Handel: Trio Sonata in F major, Op 5 No 6 HWV 401 Friday 23 April Chamber Music Masterclass with Early Evening Concert Christopher Marwood 5.00pm 11.00 pm Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) Board Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Debussy: Animé et très décidé from String Quartet in G minor Op 10 Performers to be announced Caoilfhinn Tan, violin Eve Quigley, viola Jenna Raggett, violin Alice Romano, cello Lunchtime Concert Shostakovich: 5 Pieces for Two Violins and Piano 1.00 pm Fantasy Trio Brendan Kennedy, piano Organ Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music Jisun Min, violin Klaudija Antonia Đikić, violin Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata FP 184 Brahms: Am Strande Saint-Saëns: Allegretto and Allegro animato Mendelssohn: Herbstlied from Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major Op 167 Jarlath Mulholland, clarinet